Monday, November 30, 2009

This is a rank list using the average FIFA rankings of the top 10 teams from each confederation. The best rank is the top team from each confederation and the worst rank is the 10th best team in each region.

Monday, November 16, 2009

This is a list of upset wins by nations that were FIFA ranked at least 25 places lower their defeated competition at the time the WCQ game took place. I will be updating this list as the qualifying games continue so stay tuned for more upsets. Most recent upsets in Red.

Luxembourg over Switzerland (109)Malawi over Egypt (103)Faroe Islands over Lithuania (101)Sierra Leone over South Africa (95)Jamaica over Mexico (92)Austria over France (90)Niger over Uganda (84)Fiji over New Zealand (77)Togo over Cameroon (75)Kenya over Guinea (74)El Salvador over Mexico (74)

BIGGEST UPSET BY CONFEDERATION: (rank difference)

CONMEBOLPeru over Uruguay (63)AFRICAMalawi over Egypt (103)EUROPELuxembourg over Switzerland (109)CONCACAFJamaica over Mexico (92)OCEANIAFiji over New Zealand (77)ASIAKorea DPR over Saudi Arabia (64)

Friday, November 13, 2009

This is a list of Non-European players in the German Bundesliga as of 11/13/2009. In some cases, the listed players are based on national team affiliation rather than birth nation - for example: Jermaine Jones was born in Germany, but is now affiliated with the USA national team, so he's listed as USA.

Interesting that 1.FC Köln and VfL Bochum each have at least one player from every FIFA region except Oceania.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

I ran across the old Arsenal and Fulham logos the other day and felt a bit of nostalgia for the days when I first started getting into the Premier League/European soccer in the mid 90's. This post shows some of the logos/badges/crests that have changed in the past 10-20 years for a few of the current Premiership clubs.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Who's the next Zidane, Ronaldo, Messi, Pele, Maradona, Henry, etc?? In all honesty, I'd be surprised if it's any of these kids, but they are exceptionally good players at just 5-9 years old (and it's entertaining to watch).